UK monarchy...

Abolish the monarchy?

  • I am a UK Citizen and i am in favour of abolishment of the monarchy!

    Votes: 15 22.7%
  • I am a UK Citizen and i say we keep the monarchy!

    Votes: 17 25.8%
  • I am a NOT a UK Citizen and i am in favour of abolishment of the monarchy!

    Votes: 21 31.8%
  • I am a NOT a UK Citizen and i say the UK should keep the monarchy!

    Votes: 13 19.7%

  • Total voters
    66

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Quite a few people in the UK especially the younger generation despise the monarchy and all it stands for, me included. Whilst im sure the royals are nice enough people its the institution itself and not the people. In my opinion its about time we got rid of all traces of the monarchy here in the UK....

So... Poll time! Who's in favour and who isn't?
 
Lol, favour. You silly ppl with your monarchs and random u's.
 
I say get rid of them as they dont do anything and we pay taxes so they have a wonderful life, but then we wouldnt be the UK we would be a republic
 
Yeah, I see little point in giving them so much power, even though they choose not to use it.
 
im english, and i reckon we should keep them. Tourism is really big in the UK, and a lot of it derives from the royal family/Buckingham Palace. Also as they dont have any real political power, they dont bother me much. Furthermore princess Diana did, and prince Harry does help out a lot in foriegn countries, and because of their fame theyre able to do much for charities.
 
That's funny, on TV there is a futeristic program about the swedish president election.

I think that you should keep it. If you get a president there are only four kingdoms left in europe, and three of them are located in scandinavia. (Or are Belgium or Holland kingdoms too?)
 
The_Monkey said:
That's funny, on TV there is a futeristic program about the swedish president election.

I think that you should keep it. If you get a president there are only three kingdoms left in europe, and all are located in scandinavia. (Or are Belgium or Holland kingdoms too?)

I thought spain was a monarchy
 
Mr Stabby said:
I thought spain was a monarchy

Yes. Sweden+Norway+Denmark+Spain= 4

I was just wondering if Holland and/or Belgium were kingdoms too, but I didn't includ them in the number (4).
 
Yeah.

The only thing that pisses me off about the monarchy is all the old biddies who pretend they're worth 2 seconds of their time, and the fact that everyone pretends they're really special and great people for doing a bit of charity work with a miniscule proportion of the cash they have.



Other than that, I don't really care and I think they're worth keeping.
 
I think all monarchies should go. The divine right of Kings is a load of crap
 
Does the monarchy still retain any projectable power or influence?
 
Homer said:
Does the monarchy still retain any projectable power or influence?

Not here it doesn't. I think it does in GB though...
 
A lot of people don't get the point of a non-political monarchy.

The big problem with America is that it's head of state and respresentative is a political entity
 
Homer said:
Does the monarchy still retain any projectable power or influence?

In the UK, they get to eat swan and I think they can declare war on people
 
I say leave it be. I am an American and I see nothing wrong with the UK's monarchy.
 
Haven't you Brits always despised the monarchy?

Besides, its mainly symbolic anyway. I don't see any reason to get rid of it.
 
haha fools! Monarchy is all good :D
No offence here, but the best thing about the Monarchys is silly Americans come over here to see the Monarchy and stuff and spend all their money :D its great! Anyway since when did they do any harm?
 
American. I find the notion of a ruling class appauling.

Of course, we have more of a ruling class here in America, and they get away with a lot more because they are not in the spotlight.

Still, I'd say its a notion that should be put to death. Especially if they receive funds from the hard working taxpaying citizens. (Do they?)
 
Well er actually they dont rule shit. They just prance about giving speeches and looking good :D
 
The swedish king just sits in his castle and saying that dictatorships are friendly.
 
Fat Tony! said:
Well er actually they dont rule shit. They just prance about giving speeches and looking good :D
Understood. But they are the symbol of a ruling class.. or at least have the pretence that they are superior to common folk.

All men are created equal!

Do they get paid.. ??
 
All men are created equal!
OMG commonism :p

They get paid in a sort, but their lives are controlled and they pretty much have to go by what is expected of them. It must really suck. They are ironically jesters to entertain the people where as before they employed jesters to entertain them :D. I think people give them a hard time, they give people a little patriotism outside of Football :P which is always good.
 
I pressed the wrong button, i want to keep the monarchy.
Sure they dont have much function politically, they aren't supposed to these days but they represent us, if William gets drunk one night and finds himself with a prostitute and this gets across the tabloids then thats just Britain. I like having a Queen, if we went republic like the US then we wouldnt have that association with the past history and all that glowey British warmness thats like home.
 
The main reason i wish the for monarchy to be abolished is the fact that they take millions of our tax £ for thier own upkeep per year and then some... just think what that money could do otherwise!
 
swiss said:
im english, and i reckon we should keep them. Tourism is really big in the UK, and a lot of it derives from the royal family/Buckingham Palace. Also as they dont have any real political power, they dont bother me much. Furthermore princess Diana did, and prince Harry does help out a lot in foriegn countries, and because of their fame theyre able to do much for charities.

When was the last time the Queen signed an autograph :E
 
I am English and i England wouldn't be England without the Queen. Yes, Prince Harry is an idiot and shouldn't ever be crowned King, but Charles, Elizabeth II, and William are all very respected people around the world and represent England to other countries.
 
i'm not fromt he uk, and i don't think it would be possible for anyone to care about anything even slightly less than i care about the monarchy.
 
The UK's monarchy is sort of like their version of America's celebrities and Hollywood world. They provide gossip about the rich. Of course, they also assist in many humantarian things, but many film stars and celebrities do that, too. Just another reason to compare them.
 
I'm not a UK citizen, but I say keep it. If it bothers some people, oh well, ignore it. Besides, it's not like the queen of England is personally strangling you or commanding you to bow down before her. Some people like to have a sense of heritage. Let them.
 
[Matt] said:
The main reason i wish the for monarchy to be abolished is the fact that they take millions of our tax £ for thier own upkeep per year and then some... just think what that money could do otherwise!

it would cost just as much to remove them entirely, they privately own allot of important houses and sites, just think how much buckingham palace would sell for, the president would need somewhere to live....and then there's windsor castle and st james palace... etc. It would cost billions to instate a republic. leave the royal familly as they are, they do no harm. they give england its charm :)
 
What does the monarchy do? I'm Australian and we had a vote to become a republic a few years ago and to my astonishment people were still cool with keeping ties to Englands Monarchy....bizarre.

What kind of power does the Queen actually have? I don't ****ing get it!!
 
Ikerous said:
Lol, favour. You silly ppl with your monarchs and random u's.
Sod off. We invented the language so you illiterate heretical dolts fall back in line and shut the hell up or you can get back to Russia.

Personally I don't like the monarchy per se, but I don't think we should abolish it. Throughout history countries that have forcibly abolished monarchical systems (and let's face it, the only way would be through force) have been thrown into turmoil for decades, if not centuries after. It would only be a Bad Thing.
 
I say we keep it. It's not doing any harm, and it's part of our history.
 
I shouldn't have voted :p

I have no idea what the monarchy really does over there, but I saw the word monarchy and was like "oh, that isn't good."

I thought that the monarchy really didn't have any power... but even still, they are "superior" to all else in some stupid way (much like celebrities over here in the US :() which is against everything I stand for, really.

Socialism, yo.
 
meh...cant really have an opinion...i voted for keeping them, because they do kinda stand for something in the UK...well not much anymore..but hey!
 
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